An alumnus of Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI), Subramanian has three decades of experience in building and scaling operations across various sectors such as financial services, education, IT and packaging. Verma, who has a PhD in Physics from University of Pennsylvania, has earlier worked with Unilever, Philips and Truven.

Ankur Capital, which is investing out of Rs 40 crore fund raised from multiple Indian and overseas investors, has plans to invest in 10 startups in one year.